The nurse and the patient who is diagnosed with hypertension develop this goal: "The patient will select a 2-gram sodium diet from the hospital menu for the next 3 days."
Which evaluation method will be best for the nurse to use when determining whether teaching was effective?
a. Have the patient list substitutes for favorite foods that are high in sodium.
b. Check the sodium content of the patient's menu choices over the next 3 days.
c. Ask the patient to identify which foods on the hospital menus are high in sodium.
d. Compare the patient's sodium intake before and after the teaching was implemented.
ANS: B
All of the answers address the patient's sodium intake, but the desired patient behaviors in the learning objective are most clearly addressed by evaluating the sodium content of the patient's menu choices.
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